Dear Prudence: Dog Days Are Over Dear Prudence: Dog Days Are Over

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Dear Prudence Dog Days Are Over In a live chat, Dear Prudence advises a woman whose friends want to dump their pooch at the pound so they're free to travel. By Emily Yoffe Posted Monday, Feb 13, 2012, at 08:08 PM ET Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of this week's chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.) Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon, everyone. Valentine's Day questions are especially welcome. Q. Friend Is Ditching Her Dog: My good friend and her husband have owned their dog, Riley, for Riley's entire eight-year life. Now that their children have gone off to college, they want to travel more, so they have decided to surrender Riley to the pound. I have tried to convince them to find a local group that fosters animals in private homes until they can be adopted instead of taking Riley to the pound. If they can't be bothered to find Riley another home, at least they can ensure he won't risk euthanasia. They don't want that hassle either; my husband and I live in an apartment that doesn't allow pets Riley's size, or I would take him until I could find him a home. Now I am trying to convince my friend to keep Riley until I can find him a home. She thinks it's overkill, and I think maybe we should end our 19-year friendship. I am overreacting? I think unless a person's circumstances change drastically in a short period of time, they owe it ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Obama Wants Much Higher Taxes on the Rich, Romney Wants Slightly Higher Taxes on the Poor A Soulful, Tearful Night at the Grammies The Two Superiority Complexes That Keep People From Vaccinating Their Kids	Advertisement
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